Five Elements Divine Beasts

After emerging from Secluded Cultivation for a month, winter had already arrived.

Deep winter had set in, and heavy snow sealed the mountains.

Goose-feather snow drifted down from the Nine Heavens, scattering in a sweeping flurry and draping the peaks of the Feather Transformation Sect in spotless white garments.

Looking up, the wilderness between the mountains was a vast expanse of pure white, clad in silver.

It was dazzlingly beautiful.

Feather Transformation Sect, Scripture Pavilion.

Although Lin Jiufeng had entered the Third Forbidden Realm and possessed the strength of one dragon and one elephant, making him unafraid of the cold, he still set up a brazier.

The brazier brought warmth and drove away the chill within the Scripture Pavilion.

Lin Jiufeng did not cultivate. Instead, he brewed a pot of tea, quietly savored it, and silently admired the snow.

Cultivation was not something achieved overnight, but the accumulated result of daily insights and effort.

After a month of Secluded Cultivation, today counted as a day for him to relax—a balance between work and rest.

Watching the snow swirl down, Lin Jiufeng, dressed in a white Daoist robe, held a teacup and admired the view from the corridor.

Footsteps suddenly sounded behind him, accompanied by a crisp voice. "Senior Brother, what elegant leisure."

Without even turning around, Lin Jiufeng said, "Shouldn't you be in Secluded Cultivation, practicing the Feather Ascension Scripture? Why have you come here?"

Bai Yunfei stood beside Lin Jiufeng and said, "I am about to enter Secluded Cultivation to practice the Feather Ascension Scripture, so there are some matters I wish to entrust to you, Senior Brother."

Lin Jiufeng poured Bai Yunfei a cup of tea and asked curiously, "What matters?"

"I would like to ask Senior Brother to teach these few disciples the Feather Ascension Scripture." Bai Yunfei beckoned, and two boys and one girl walked into the Scripture Pavilion. Their faces were still childish, and they were not very tall, all appearing to be around ten years old. They looked timidly at Lin Jiufeng.

"Call him Martial Uncle," Bai Yunfei said solemnly.

"Greetings, Martial Uncle," the three children called obediently.

Lin Jiufeng nodded, then looked at Bai Yunfei suspiciously.

Bai Yunfei said, "These three children are all orphans whom I took in as disciples. Their talent is quite good, and they are worth nurturing. But I am about to enter deathly Secluded Cultivation to break through to the Eighth Forbidden Realm, so I want Senior Brother to teach them the Feather Ascension Scripture."

"You're entering deathly Secluded Cultivation to break through—then what will happen to the Feather Transformation Sect?" Lin Jiufeng did not agree immediately.

"We'll seal the mountain gates and cut off all contact with the outside world," Bai Yunfei said gravely.

"Will the other disciples agree?" Lin Jiufeng asked.

"What other disciples are there? Everyone left in the Feather Transformation Sect is right here." Bai Yunfei smiled bitterly.

Lin Jiufeng looked at the three little ones, then at Bai Yunfei, and finally at himself.

So, from top to bottom, only five people remained in the Feather Transformation Sect.

"Over the past month, the Supreme Dao Sect made another move and lured away the remaining disciples. They also cut off every path leading out of the Feather Transformation Sect, turning it into an isolated island. No one dares approach, and no one dares contact us," Bai Yunfei said with a gloomy expression.

"They've gone this far?" Lin Jiufeng frowned.

"If I hadn't displayed cultivation at the Seventh Forbidden Realm, the people from the Supreme Dao Sect would probably have already occupied the Feather Transformation Sect," Bai Yunfei said helplessly.

"They want to blockade us to death?" Lin Jiufeng suppressed his anger. The Supreme Dao Sect had gone too far in bullying them.

"That is why I must enter deathly Secluded Cultivation. Once I break through to the Eighth Forbidden Realm, with the Feather Ascension Scripture, that will be the time to make the Supreme Dao Sect pay the price," Bai Yunfei said firmly.

"I'll have to trouble Senior Brother to look after these three little ones for a while and guide their cultivation. There are still some resources within the Feather Transformation Sect. It won't be a problem for the three of them to eat for several years," Bai Yunfei said.

Lin Jiufeng looked at the three little ones and nodded. "All right. I'll take care of them. Go into Secluded Cultivation without worry, and break through soon."

Seeing that Lin Jiufeng had regained the appearance of his younger days, Bai Yunfei said with feeling, "When I first entered the Feather Transformation Sect, Senior Brother was already as graceful as jade. Now, with a single moment of enlightenment, you have finally recovered your former brilliance."

"You three, remember this: listen to your Martial Uncle and cultivate diligently, understood?" Bai Yunfei said sternly to his three disciples.

The three children nodded obediently.

Only then was Bai Yunfei satisfied. He bowed to Lin Jiufeng and said, "I will have to trouble Senior Brother from now on."

Lin Jiufeng nodded. "Go into Secluded Cultivation. I will teach them properly."

Bai Yunfei nodded, then strode away.

Within the Scripture Pavilion, only Lin Jiufeng and the three children around ten years old remained.

All three children looked at Lin Jiufeng nervously.

"What are your names?" Lin Jiufeng asked gently.

"Wen Xinyun." The only girl was the first to speak.

"Zhou Tianzi." This was a thin, short boy.

"Yue Dashan." This was a very plump boy. He truly lived up to his name—at just ten years old, he already looked like a small mountain. When he grew up, he would surely be a great mountain.

"My name is Lin Jiufeng. From now on, you will cultivate with me and live here in the Scripture Pavilion until your Master emerges from Secluded Cultivation after his breakthrough," Lin Jiufeng said.

"We'll listen to Martial Uncle." Yue Dashan gave an honest smile and scratched his head.

"Then follow me now and begin your qi-refining cultivation." Lin Jiufeng was very serious as he began teaching them the Feather Ascension Scripture hand in hand.

The three children truly had excellent talent. They understood as soon as they heard it, and after Lin Jiufeng's guidance, they were able to draw qi into their bodies. Compared to Lin Jiufeng before his Heaven-Defying Comprehension awakened, their talent was countless times greater.

No wonder Bai Yunfei had accepted them as disciples and regarded them as the hope for the revival of the Feather Transformation Sect.

The days passed one by one.

Now that no one else remained in the Feather Transformation Sect, and it had been blockaded so that no one could leave or enter, the mountain wilderness was deathly quiet.

Lin Jiufeng rather enjoyed this stillness.

Every day, he rose early and taught the three children the Feather Ascension Scripture. Then he let them cultivate on their own while he read, cultivated, and refined his five viscera and six bowels.

The three children were very independent. When they were hungry, they prepared something to eat themselves, and after eating, they cultivated diligently.

Lin Jiufeng had spoken with them and learned that they had become orphans when they were only a few years old. They had wandered from place to place, surviving peril after peril, until fortunately they encountered Bai Yunfei, who accepted them as disciples and brought them to the Feather Transformation Sect.

Perhaps because they had suffered so much since childhood, they especially treasured everything they had now. Not one of them slacked off; all cultivated diligently, leaving Lin Jiufeng deeply satisfied.

In the Scripture Pavilion, Lin Jiufeng watched the three little ones working so hard and smiled faintly. "I need to work hard too. I can't let these three juniors surpass me."

Next, he needed to cultivate the Fourth Forbidden Realm and refine his five viscera.

The first three Forbidden Realms focused on tempering the body. Though the body had grown strong, the five viscera and six bowels remained very fragile.

Thus, the Fourth Forbidden Realm was to link the five viscera together, forming a perfect cycle with the body.

The five viscera were the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.

The heart belonged to fire, the liver to wood, the spleen to earth, the lungs to metal, and the kidneys to water.

Thus, the five elements would be the foundation.

The Feather Ascension Scripture contained a cultivation method for this realm.

Using different spirit beasts as a foundation, one would condense their respective Totems upon the five viscera. The resulting power would far surpass that of others in the same realm.

Lin Jiufeng began searching through various ancient Totems, spirit beasts, and ferocious beasts.

After searching for quite some time, he truly found what he needed.

The heart belonged to fire: condense a Vermilion Bird.

The liver belonged to wood: condense an Azure Dragon.

The spleen belonged to earth: condense a Qilin.

The lungs belonged to metal: condense a White Tiger.

The kidneys belonged to water: condense a Black Tortoise.

Using the Five Elements Divine Beasts as Totems for the five viscera and combining them with the body—how powerful a force could that unleash?

Lin Jiufeng was greatly looking forward to it.